Books with author Mark Shannon

A paranormal STEM-venture that blends science and technology with a thrilling supernatural mystery. Gertrude Martin is a young girl with a heart for adventure and a brain wired for science.When a chance encounter with a ghostly train full of lost souls makes her question just about everything she knows, Gertrude does what any scientist would do—she investigates. Along the way she discovers Soul Coal, The Bone Line, and gets a crash course in what it means to be a conductor.More at home with circuit boards and computer code, Gertrude and her always excitable friend Louis must use all the skills at their disposal to get the train back on schedule for a date with eternity.When half the appliances in Tranquility go sideways, will Gertrude find a way to put herself and her town back on track before things go completely off the rails?The Bone Line is a Middle Grade adventure set in the sleepy beach town of Tranquility, Florida. It’s perfect for fans of Brandon Mull (Candy Shop Wars), James Riley (Story Thieves and Revenge of Magic), Max Brallier (The Last Kids of Earth), and Tyler Whitesides (The Janitors) looking for a little paranormal with their STEM.If you’ve always wondered what might happen when modern technology (augmented reality, RFIDs, and robots) runs headlong into ghosts, spirits, everything in between, then Gertrude Martin and The Bone Line is for you.

My name is Pamela, and I am the most powerful witch the world has ever seen. Only my magic is completely bound away from me, rendering me next to useless. I’m about to face a witch who makes me look like a child fighting a seasoned general in battle. A witch whose strength lies within the dead, and whose magic I unleashed during my part of destroying the world.Now she wants me to bow to her, to give her my strength and my magic. I’ve been stripped of my familiars. Stripped of my magic. And I must face all that lies ahead of me with only the blackest parts of my soul to keep me alive. If I manage to survive, will I still know who I am, or will I have finally succumbed to the darkness growing inside me?My name is Pamela, and I’m about to find out that nothing in this broken world is as it seems.Including my magic.

Roselupin has had quite enough of being locked away in her tower room. Her father the king thinks he needs to protect her from the wild and dangerous world outside, but Roselupin knows better. So when she receives a mysterious gift on her seventh birthday, Roselupin uses it as her ticket out of the tower and into the woods, where she howls and dances all day long—and surprises the kingdom folk right out of their socks. Twice.

A paranormal STEM-venture that blends science and technology with a thrilling supernatural mystery. Gertrude Martin is a young girl with a heart for adventure and a brain wired for science.When a chance encounter with a ghostly train full of lost souls makes her question just about everything she knows, Gertrude does what any scientist would do—she investigates. Along the way she discovers Soul Coal, The Bone Line, and gets a crash course in what it means to be a conductor.More at home with circuit boards and computer code, Gertrude and her always excitable friend Louis must use all the skills at their disposal to get the train back on schedule for a date with eternity.When half the appliances in Tranquility go sideways, will Gertrude find a way to put herself and her town back on track before things go completely off the rails?The Bone Line is a Middle Grade adventure set in the sleepy beach town of Tranquility, Florida. It’s perfect for fans of Brandon Mull (Candy Shop Wars), James Riley (Story Thieves and Revenge of Magic), Max Brallier (The Last Kids of Earth), and Tyler Whitesides (The Janitors) looking for a little paranormal with their STEM.If you’ve always wondered what might happen when modern technology (augmented reality, RFIDs, and robots) runs headlong into ghosts, spirits, everything in between, then Gertrude Martin and The Bone Line is for you.

Roselupin has had quite enough of being locked away in her tower room. Her father the king thinks he needs to protect her from the wild and dangerous world outside, but Roselupin knows better. So when she receives a mysterious gift on her seventh birthday, Roselupin uses it as her ticket out of the tower and into the woods, where she howls and dances all day long—and surprises the kingdom folk right out of their socks. Twice.

When Elvira is born she seems just like any other baby dragon, but her parents soon realize she doesn't like fighting and she hates eating princesses. The other little dragons tease her, but they soon discover Elvira has a mind of her own. Shannon captures in words and pictures a feisty, determined dragon sure to win chuckles from the picture book crowd.

When Gullible Guineapig visits his aunt and uncle's house, his relatives find out just how gullible he really is. Gullible will believe just about anything - that eating carrots will make you invisible, that you can wash coal, and even that there are monsters in the basement. But seeing is believing, even if you're not so gullible, in this hilarious story of a trusting young guinea pig and his not-so-nice relatives. Never fear, our hero will have the last laugh.

Michael is a simple carpenter. While other eighteen-year-olds seek adventure, he loves his quiet life. Then nightstalkers attack and everything turns to chaos. With the world on the brink of Armageddon, a mystical gem known as the Eye calls on Michael to wield its great magic, but its power is useless if he can’t learn to embrace the magic within himself. Beautiful and deadly, Falon is the greatest assassin in the Rang Shalan. Then she learns she's fighting for the wrong side. Fleeing for her life, she seeks out Max, the one wizard who can help save her people. Thrown into a war of wizards and warlocks, demons and dragons, Michael and Falon follow Max on a daring mission to save the world. Racing headlong toward the fight of their life, Michael must wield powers he barely understands while Falon must embrace skills she abhors and Max must become the wizard he failed to be in the past.